The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-10-28
OREGON NEWS.
Everything of General Interest In o
CONDENSED Form.

Heavy mountain fires are raging
south Of Grants Pass
A toboggan club has recently been
organized at Tie Dalles.
Snow has already fallen on the high
mountains in Southern Oregon.
The firemen OF Dallas will dedicate
new city hall, now completed.
Astoria citizens have raised the
$4,000 subsidy asked for the railroad.
Claim jumping is the popular pas
time in the Canyon creek mining dis
trict.
Miners everywhere are getting ready
for winter, says a Jackson county
paper.
The survey of the Umatilla reserva-
tion by the contractors is about COM
pleted.
The name OF the postoffice at
Rooster Rock, has been changed to
Latoureile.
Gen. John F. Miller has the contract
10 furnish the Yainax Indians with
$1,000 pounds oil beef.
A new postoffice has been established
at Mowry, Crook county, with Mark
A Carson as postmaster.
A new posioffice has been established
at Elmira, Lane county, with Martha
A. Ballman as postmaster.
Mrs. Henry Miller. OF Corvallis, is
reported to nave gone insane from the
effects OF a felon on her finger.
During the rodeo in upper Summit
Lake valley the complete skeleton OF
white man was found near Ana
river.
The tug Pelican. in attempting 10
enter Smith river, WAS thrown on the
rocks, where she remained at last ac-
counts.
Jack Thompson, who killed Shelly,
at Antelope, has been held without
bail, to appear before the next grand
jury in Wasco county.
The latest developments from the
Canyon City Baker mail robbery indi-
Gates that the thieves succeeded In
getting away with nearly $1,000.
Sheriff Watts, OF Columbia county,
has offered reward OF $500 for the
arrest OF George Upton, who murdered
Dejournette near Bradbury landing.
The Blasdel syndicate have paid
$50 600 cash for the Nelson placer
mine, south Of Baker city. They will
take possession of the property in No
vember.
The Chloride mine on Rock creek,
owned BY j. p. Malarkey, has been
bonded for S25 900, for period Of six
months, to J. K. Rornig, Of Ia Grande,
and others.
The NJ. E. church, south, has en-
ta5iished an organization In Grap4@s
Pass. The new organic ttion proposes
to erect new place of worship in
Grants Pass next spring.
Cattlemen have just finished the fall
ride. They are now able TO make
close estimate OF their losses last
winter, ard place il at about 40 per
cent, says an ochoco paper.
Capitalists propose to build $50 900
hotel at Ashland, providing sufficient
honas be raised By the town. An effort
is also being made to get the matter
undertaken by joint stock company.
The C. F. Bradley Mining Company,
of Sanger, have about got their mill in
running order, and il Is expected that
they will commence cru< hing ore In 9
short time. About seventy men are
now at work in the mine.
| Mr.. Street performed the feat of
lassoing a five-point mule deer on
| Hampton butte. This is rsther
novel way OF catching deer, but the
bucaroes of Crook county have many
novel ways of doing things
On the line of the Oregon Pacific,
/ iaI~ eax-nr1 .,sfoo oI,1r-o Maho,~a
body of James Minot WAS discovered
hanging by a bale rope to a small
tree. He had committed suicide,
probably in fit OF dependency. His
knees were on the ground and he had
choked to death.
The general merchandise store on
the Siletz Indian agency, owned by
Mrs. Chambers, was destroyed by FIRE
of supposed incendiary origin, Mrs.
lChambers being away frsm home st
the time. The amount of the loss 10
unknown; but it is supposed that il
| will be quite heavy.
! At Beaverton there are about 50
acres OF muck land (they cali it
Beaverdam land) occtsPled by tpenty-
seven families, who raise general pre-
duce. The most important crop il
onions of which 500 bushels to the
acre have been raised, which were sold
last spring at 81 80 per bushel, also
$1,000 worth OF rhubarb, $1,000 worth
of horse radish, and 5000 worth OF as
paragus have frequently been raised
10 the acre. Some of this land is
renting this year at S41 per acre cash.
One man is giving one half the crop
for rent, which will amount to $50 per
acre rental. The land sells readily at
$3.50 per acre. The muck is from two
to twenty feet deep.
Mai Haskins, in command at Fort
Candy, received dispatch instructing
him to stop all work and hold the gar
rison in readiness for departure. As
Fort Stevens was abandoned some
time ago, this would leave the mouth
of the Columbia river without a mili-
tary garrison on either side The As
toria Chamber OF Commerce held q
meeting and instructed E. G. Holden,
secretary OF the chamber, to make
proper telegraphic representation to
the military authorities and Oregon's
Congressional delegation, urging the
recall of the order and suspension of
action till proper showing can be
made justifying the retention of the
roops at this important post.
A Butte special says: VIM. Galvev
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